Table 2.

Frequency of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in the Past Month in a Community-Based Sample of 2527 Women; Boston Area Community Health Survey, 2008–2010

	Frequency in the past month, %a
	None	Rarely	A few times	Fairly often	Usually	Almost always	Ever
Urinating again after <2 hours	43.1	13.9	19.2	12.8	4.2	6.7	56.8
Perceived frequency	62.6	6.9	10.5	9.1	4.0	6.9	37.4
Nocturia	58.0	11.2	10.8	5.1	3.7	11.2	42.0
Stress incontinenceb	89.4	2.7	3.9	2.8	0.6	0.7	10.7
Urgency incontinenceb	91.3	3.3	2.9	1.1	0.9	0.5	8.7
Nonstress, nonurgency incontinenceb	93.4	1.6	2.9	1.2	0.3	0.5	6.5
Dribbling/wet clothes after urination	82.2	7.9	5.1	2.5	0.5	1.7	17.7
Urgency/difficulty postponing urination	63.3	11.9	10.4	6.6	2.4	5.4	36.7
Pain, burning, discomfort in the pubic/bladder area	88.1	3.8	3.4	1.5	1.7	1.4	11.8
Straining/difficult to begin voiding	90.8	3.4	3.4	1.0	0.2	1.2	9.2
Weak stream	86.9	5.7	4.1	1.4	0.7	1.2	13.1
Intermittency	83.8	6.3	4.2	2.6	2.1	1.0	16.2
Incomplete emptying	70.2	10.1	13.4	3.6	1.2	1.4	29.7

Any incontinencec	Degree in the past year
	None	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Very severe	Any
	66.1	18.4	11.7	2.2	1.5	33.8

	Number in the past year
	0	1	2–3	4–5	6–7	≥8	Any
Urinary tract infectiond	89.5	7.2	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.1	10.5
Any LUTS	19.3	14.7	23.9	15.0	7.8	19.2	80.6

^aAll values were weighted according to the sampling weights of the Boston Area Community Health Survey.

^bAssessed in the past week and categorized into the following frequencies: 0, 1, 2–3, 4–5, 6–7, and ≥8 times.

^cAssessed in the past year and categorized into the following groups: none, mild, moderate, severe, and very severe, according to methods described previously.²²

^dAssessed in the past year and categorized into the following frequencies: 0, 1, 2–3, 4–5, 6–7, and ≥8 times.